Should sports stars get to badmouth fans?

Basketball lovers have rooted against LeBron James since “The Decision” to move from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat to win a championship ring. Yet after the Heat lost the championship 105-95 to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, King James went on a bit of a rant:

“… At the end of the day, all the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. … They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point.”

Should sports stars get to badmouth fans?

Yes. It’s their name and their money at risk, so they can say whatever they want.